The Biochemical Society champions the molecular biosciences by identifying and acting on key science policy issues.
We aim to ensure that the views of our membership are channelled to the appropriate policy-makers. Our activities are informed by our Policy Advisory Panel our Policy Network, and our members. Read on to find out more about our science policy initiatives.
There is an enormous amount of information around for the UK General Election with all parties vying for your vote. Read about some of the policy issues that might affect the molecular biosciences, and the broader research and higher education sectors.
Open to all our members, the network is an opportunity to keep up to date and feed into our policy activities.
These include work on issues such as:
You must be a member of the Society to join the Policy Network and can do so in the Members’ Area. To find out more, or sign up email Policy.
We issue a number of position statements on issues relevant to biochemistry and science in general alongside
The Royal Society of Biology who also publish position statements which may be of interest.
In the wake of the EU referendum, the Biochemical Society is keen to ensure that the UK molecular bioscience community maintains its high international profile and that our open approach to trans-national collaborative opportunities remains clear.
We aim to address issues of relevance to the industrial bioscience community in the UK. A current particular area of focus for us is the changing drug discovery landscape, which we are looking at via our membership of the Drug Discovery Pathways Group.
The Biochemical Society is committed to ensuring equal opportunities in the molecular biosciences. We believe that a lack of diversity across the scientific community represents a loss of potential talent to the UK.
Politicians, government departments and international organisations play a key role in the science sector. We work to ensure key policymakers are aware of the views and concerns of our membership.
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Resources on scientific integrity:
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The Biochemical Society is pleased to announce that Tom Trainer has been awarded the Eisenthal Prize for his top ranked student report submitted after the
The Biochemical Society and Portland Press are delighted to announce an agreement with Jisc for a ‘Read & Publish’ transition pilot spanning all Portland Press journals over 2020 and
